GPs will be required to assess the emotional and psychological needs of
carers for people with dementia under a trio of indicators proposed for
the 2014/15 QOF, NICE decided yesterday.
NICE is piloting the indicators – which are designed to better support
the carers of people with dementia - in practices in the Midlands this
year, with a view of including them in the 2014/15 QOF.
The QOF currently requires that practices create a register of patients
diagnosed with dementia and address their health needs, but this will be
extended to carers of those patients.
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